The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Rights (OHCHR) kicked off its latest session by commending young people for campaigning on environmental issues.
Alexandria Villasenor, the 14-year-old founder of Earth Uprising International, and Greta Thunberg, also 14, who set up FridayForFuture, were praised for their efforts by the UN at the committee’s latest session in Geneva.
Villasenor holds a...Read more

Anxiety about their maths ability affects around a third of young children in the UK, according to researchers.
Maths anxiety is defined as a ‘negative emotional reaction to a mathematical problem’ that can affect all ages,...Read more

Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have skyrocketed over the last two decades. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 20 per cent of children experience mental disorders – such as...Read more

Afternoon breaks were once a common feature of nearly all primary school timetables. But, as schools have sought to dedicate more time to teaching and learning, and limit poor behaviour, these short play times have...Read more

Registration is now open for the Child Poverty in Western Cities seminar in Leeds in November.
This is an opportunity for you to join fellow children’s rights experts and policymakers for this important event looking at...Read more

The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has added its voice to a European campaign against hormone-disrupting chemicals.
CRIN has formally joined the EDC-Free Europe coalition which represents more than 70 environmental, health, women’s and consumer groups...Read more

Child poverty in The Netherlands remains a significant problem, with around eight per cent of children officially defined as ‘poor’, says a report.
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, (Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, or SCP) which...Read more

Officials in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang say they face serious challenges around urbanisation – with children’s rights at the heart of the struggle.
‘Relentless efforts’ in recent years has seen the city take...Read more

Michelle Taylor’s first-grader had only been at Chrysler Elementary School for a few months, but already she was bored.
“They didn’t have the tools to support my daughter,” Taylor said. Unsure where else to turn, she...Read more

‘Concerning’ is how the World Health Organization (WHO) has described the return of measles to four European countries previously thought to be free of the disease.
The United Kingdom, Albania, Czech Republic and Greece have all...Read more

Children’s rights experts and policymakers from across the globe head to Leeds, one of the UK’s biggest cities, in November to examine what society can do to tackle child poverty in the west.
Child Poverty in...Read more

Did you know there is a European Commissioner for fish but not for children?
That’s the bizarre reality laid bare by child rights body Eurochild as it calls for a dedicated EU Children’s Commissoner to ‘prioritise...Read more

Parents will need much more support if a new law banning the smacking of children in Wales is successfully introduced.
That’s the view of a group of Welsh Assembly members (AMs), who also say that a...Read more

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